Rhiainfellt
| Rhiainfellt | |
|---|---|
| Born | unknown, flourished c. 630 |
| Died | unknown |
| Spouse | Oswiu |
| Issue | Alhfrith, possibly Alhflaed |
| House | Rheged |
| Father | 'Royth' (Rhaith) son of Rhun |
| Religion | Celtic Christianity |
Rhiainfellt, name variants including Rieinmelt and Rieinmelth, was a
A life sparsely recorded
Rhiainfellt is identified in the
According to British sources a friendly connection between the rulers of Rheged and Northumbria predated Rhiainfellt's marriage, as her grandfather Rhun is credited with having baptised King
Jackson, in the 1950s, made the suggestion that Oswiu may have acquired Rheged peacefully through his marriage, becoming the legitimate successor to both Rheged and Northumbria.[7]
Whatever the precise political relationship between Rheged and Northumbria, the fact that a Northumbrian prince married a princess of Rheged shows that the British royal house retained high status, and probably political power. Rhiainfellt's father, 'Royth' (Rhaith - meaning 'Justice' in Welsh), was possibly the last king of an independent Rheged.[8]
References
- ^ Williams, Ifor, Nodiadau ar Eiriau, Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, x (1939–41), pp. 36–44
- ^ H.M. Chadwick, H.M. (1954) Vortigern, in Studies in Early British History, ed. Nora Chadwick (Cambridge, 1954), pp. 21–33.
- ^ Ker, N.R. (1957) Catalogue of Manuscripts Containing Anglo-Saxon (Oxford), pp. 186–87
- ^ Fraser, J.E (2009) From Caledonia to Pictland, Edinburgh, pp. 177–78
- ISBN 0-04-445691-3, p. 75
- ^ Corning, Caitlin (2000) The Baptism of Edwin, King of Northumbria: A New Analysis of the British Tradition, Northern History, 36:1, 5-15, DOI: 10.1179/007817200790178030
- ^ Jackson, K.H. (1955) The Britons in Southern Scotland, Antiquity, xxix, pp. 77–88
- ^ Andrew Breeze (2013) Northumbria and the Family of Rhun, Northern History, 50:2, pp. 170-179, DOI: 10.1179/0078172X13Z.00000000039